Question

A triangle has an area of 230.86 square inches.The height of the triangle is 23.8 inches.What is the length of the base of the triangle?

Answer 1

Hello!

The formula for the area of a triangle is A=0.5bh. As we have our total already, we will divide.
230.86/23.8=9.7

Lets check our answer by plugging in our answer into the original equation.
9.7·23.8=230.86, which matches our original numbers.

The answer is 9.7 in²·

I hope this helps!